Further Education Colleges (Hansard, 13 January 1995)

§ Mr. Geoffrey Robinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will publish the names of the 20 further education colleges described by the Further Education Funding Council as being in financial jeopardy and the 105 where significant adverse variances might limit their ability to deliver their strategic plan and remain financially viable.

§ Mr. Boswell
The Further Education Funding Council is required to monitor the financial position of the institutions it funds. The council has recently completed a general survey of college strategic plans for the period 1994–97 and published its conclusions on 22 December 1994; I am arranging to place a copy in the Library. Some of the colleges are in better financial health than others. Because the information may be commercially sensitive and its disclosure damage the colleges concerned, the council does not publish its assessment of individual colleges. I am asking the council's chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

§ Mr. Pope
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the current salary of each principal at each incorporated college of further education in England.

§ Mr. Boswell
This information is not collected by the Department. Further Education Funding Council guidelines on accounting policies recommend that colleges should disclose the emoluments of the principal and other senior postholders in their accounts, which are publicly available.

§ Mr. Pope
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time equivalent students are registered on roll at each incorporated college of further education in England; and how many full-time equivalent students were registered on roll at each college of further education in England at 31 March 1993.

§ Mr. Boswell
Information on the number of students enrolled in academic year 1992–93 at each college in the further education sector is available in issue No. 2 of "The Statistical Bulletin", titled "Information on Early Student Enrolment Statistics" published by the Further Education Funding Council. A copy is available in the Library. Figures for the current academic year are not yet available.